Open Letter to Reid Hoffman
Yo Reid
I’m sure you remember when 3 years ago I stood up in public and asked you - at several different events - if and when you’d open up Linked In.
Well its been a few years now, Facebook has opened up - and now others are asking you to open up.
You haven’t even enabled RSS yet. People wanna use their LinkedIN data elsewhere and they want to use YOUR profile. What are you gonna tell them “NO - don;t use the LinkedIN profile on your blog!”
I mean come on dude - its 2006 already!
Now - don’t make me said I told yah so. Please don’t ignore us and hand your juicy franchise off to somebody else who IS more open than LinkedIn. I mean - I bet even Joi Ito thinks you should go open.
Right Joi?
August 22nd, 2006 at 7:50 am
Not to mention APP/FOAF/XFN support
August 27th, 2006 at 3:25 am
Amen. Extend it further. Better yet, let the people extend it. That’s what the API is for.
August 28th, 2006 at 9:21 am
Marc,
We already allow you to publish your Linkedin profile to the web. Feel free to extend your feature request to exactly how you’d like RSS to be integrated. FOAF, as I mentioned to you at those conferences, as it stands doesn’t seem much more than a list of names and eMail addresses — and this we already allow individuals both to download and upload names/eMail addresses.
As for APIs, we are looking at how to design those. Suggestions welcome.
Hope you’re well. Thx for the suggestions.
best,
Reid
August 28th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
[...] Reid Hoffman clarifies LinkedIn’s openness: Marc, We already allow you to publish your Linkedin profile to the web. Feel free to extend your feature request to exactly how you’d like RSS to be integrated. FOAF, as I mentioned to you at those conferences, as it stands doesn’t seem much more than a list of names and eMail addresses — and this we already allow individuals both to download and upload names/eMail addresses. As for APIs, we are looking at how to design those. Suggestions welcome. Hope you’re well. Thx for the suggestions. best, Reid [...]